Faucet for barrels



L. BEDNAR AND J. IASUS.

Patented May 23, 1922.

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L. BEDNAR AND J. msus. I MUCH FOR BARRELS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1922- 1,416,779. Patented May23,1922.

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LOUIS BEDNAE, OF WESTVILLE, AND JOHN JAS'US, 0F CiilLIll, ILLINQZS.

FAUCET FOR BAR/EELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lvliay 23, 3199 22.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, (1) Lours Browne and (2) Jenn Jesus, (1) a citizen of the United States of America and (2) a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia, residing at (1) Westville and (2) Catlin, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets for Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in faucets for barrels or the like, and has more particular reference to the provision of a device of this kins embodying a hung having a rotatable valve member, in combination with an outlet pipe having a control valve, the outlet pipe and the bung member of valve being cooperatively constructed for ready separation as well as for selective use to thread the bung into the barrel and to open or close the valve member of the bung.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of the above kind which shall be extremely simple in construction as well as durable and efficient in operation, whereby the device may meet all of: the requirements for simple commercial use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above kind wherein the outlet pipe is provided with a'bore so formed that the same will be out of register with the opening or openings in the bung valve when the outlet pipe is engaged with the bung valve and which will be registered upon final engagement of the supply pipe with the bung valve, so that further turning, of the supply pipe will cause opening of the bung valve so as to bring the openings of the bung casing, bung valve and outlet pipe in registration with each other.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the bung may be threaded into the barrel by the outlet pipe only when the latter is properly engaged with the bung valve member so that withdrawal of the outlet pipe or separation of the latter from the brin valve is prevented.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, like reference characters desigclosed at its inner end nate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is a side elevational view of a barrel faucet constructed in accordance with the present invention and with bung casing revolving sleeve released.

Figure 2 is a substantially central longitudinally sectional view of the device shown in Figure l with the bung casing revolving sleeve engaged with said bung casing.

Figure 8 is a transvcre sectional view taken substantially upon line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 1- is a fragmentary view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section of the device shown in Figure and taken on a plane so as to reveal the means i r preventing threading of the bung easing into the barrel before the outlet pipe is retated relative to the bung valve in certain positions wherein the outlet pipe is etleo tively held against separation from said bung valve.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a View similar to Figure 5 taken upon line 66 of Figure 2,

' Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 taken on line 7-7 of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure l taken upon line 8-8 of Figure 2, and

F igure 9 is a substantially central longitudinally sectional view of the bung valve.

Referring more in detail to the several views, the present invention embodies a hung involving a casing 5 or cup shape and having external threads whereby sa l casing may be readily threaded into a t readcd opening such as is usually provided in the ordinary forms of valves en'iployei'l for shipping liquid commodities such as cider or the like. As is usual in bungs oi? this nature, the present bung is o! tapering term and by means of a. wall 6 having suitable outlet openings 7 extending therethrough. A revolublc valve member 8 is disposed within the casing 5, and this valve member is also of substantially cup shape adapted to rotate upon its axis which is coincident with the axis of the ca ing 5, the valve member 8 being provided with openings 9 adapted to register with the openings 7 for a purpose which will presently become apparent.

The valve member 8 is held within the casing 5 and allowed to freely rotate therein by means of a bolt 10 which extends through aligned central openings provided in the end walls of the said valve member and said casing as clearly shown in Figure 2 a helical spring 11 being interposed between the end walls of the valve member 8 and the head of the bolt 10 so as to yield ingly hold the end walls of the valve member and casing in contact with each other or in intimate contact with opposite faces of a thin packing disc 12 which may be employed therebetween and shown in Figure 2. As clearly shown in Figures 2 and 5, a set screw 13 is threaded through the side wall of the casing 5 so as to have its inner end project into the casing 5 and engage in circumferential groove 1 L provided in the outer surface of the valve member 8. By this construction the screw 13 will engage the opposite end walls of the valve member at the ends of the groove 14 and will thereby limit the rotary movement of the valve member 8 to a partial revolution so that the valve member will be stopped when the openings 7 and 9 register and so that undue reverse rotation of the valve member will be prevented when closing of said valve member is desired.

As clearly shown in Figure 9, the valve member 8 is provided ,with two longitudinal grooves 15 in its inner surface each of which communicate at its inner end with a short circumferentially extending groove 16 provided in said surface whereby a shoulder 1'? is formed at each side of the valve member. A short pipe section 18 herein termed the outlet pipe, has its inner end formed with opposite lateral projections or enlargements 19 which are adapted to be received in the longitudinal grooves 15 before the outlet pipe 18 may be inserted into the valve memher 8, and the bore 2001 this outlet pipe is preferably branched at the inner end as in 21, so that the same will be capable of regis teringwith the openings 9 of the valve member 8, the arrangement being such that this registration of the openings can only take place after the pipes 18 have been completely inserted into the valve member 8 and then partially turned so that the projections 19 will engage behind the shoulder 17, at which time separation of the outlet pipe from the bung is effectively prevented. A

packing 22 may be employed between the inner face of the end walls of the *alve member 8 and the inner end of the outlet pipe 18 so as to prevent leakage of the liquid around the outer surface of the outlet pipe and insure passage of said liquid entirely through the bore of the outlet pipe.

A sleeve 23 is provided upon the outlet pipe 18 for engagement with the bung asing 5 whereby rotation of the outlet pipe will be communicated through said sleeve to the bung casing so as to th-readthe latter into the barrel, and this sleeve 23 and valve member 8 are cooperatively constructed so that the valve member 8 must be closed before the rotation of the outlet pipe can be communicated to the bung casing 5 through said sleeve 23. In order'to accomplish this result the sleeve 23 is slidable longitudinally on the pipe 18 but held against rotating thereon by means of a set screw 24 threaded through the sleeve and having its inner end projecting into a longitudinal groove 25 provided in the outer surfaceof the pipe 18. The sleeve is provided upon its inner end with diametrically opposite lugs 26 adapted to engage similarly arranged notches 27 which are formed in the outer end of the casing 5, and the sleeve 23 is provided with longitudinal projections '28 adapted to engage in the groove 15, it being noted that the lugs 26 and 28 are all in radial align ment and rigidly carried by the sleeve 23 but out of radial alignment with the projections 19 on the inner end of the pipe 18 so that said projections 26 and 28 may only respectively enter the notches 2'7 and grooves 15 when the projections 19 are located behind the shoulders 17 and with the valve member 8 in a position of rotary adjustment wherein its openings 9 are out of alignment with the openings i of the bung casing, the engagement of the lugs 26 and 28 respectively with the notches 27 and grooves 15 preventing relative turning movement of the valve member 8 and the casing 5 so that the valve member 8 must be closed while the bung-casing is threaded into the barrel opening. However, when the sleeve 23 is transient to the position shown in Figure 1' wherein the lugs 26 and 28 are disengaged from the notches 27 and the grooves 15 respectively, it will be seen that the outlet pipe 18 may be freely rotated so as to cause the valve member 8 to revolve to open position after the bung has been positioned properly in the barrel opening. It will also be seen that the sleeve 23 must be retracted to the above position before the outlet pipe 18 may be reversely rotated to disengage the projections 19 from the shoulders 17 when removal of the pipe 18 from the bung is desired. Thus, an outlet pipe is provided which may be employer successively with a number of diiferent barrels provided with bungs constructed as shownherein and said outlet pipe will serve as an efiicient means for positioning the bung in the barrel opening and willful nish a means for preventing considerable loss of the liquid commodity in installation of the present device and its use. 7

An ordinary control valve comprising a casing 29 having a rotatable sleeve valve 29'. is provided upon the outer end of the outlet pipe 18, preferably by threading the casing 29 onto said pipe and the valve member 29 may be of cup shape as shown with a discharge opening 30 in its side Wall adapted to move into or out of register with the outlet spout 31 of said casing 29. The valve member 29 may be provided within a suitable form of operating handle 32 as shown.

The structure and operation of the device having been fully discussed above, it is believed that the structure and operation, as

well as the advantages of the invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

lVhile the form of the invention herein set forth is believed preferable, it will be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

\Vhat we claim as new is:

1. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered, an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, and means carried by said outlet pipe engageable with and releasable trom said bung casing whereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel.

2. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered, an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, means carried by said outlet pipe engageable with and releasable from said bung casing whereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel, and means carried by said last named means for holding the bung valve against rotation relative to the bung casing when said last named means is engaged with the bung casing for threading the latter into the barrel openmg.

3. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered, an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, means carried by said outlet pipe engageable with and releasable from said bung casing whereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel, said means comprising a sleeve longitudinally slidable on and held non-rotatable relative to said outlet pipe, and the bung casing having end notches engageable by members of said sleeve.

4. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered, an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, means carried by said outlet pipe engageable with and releasable from said bung casing whereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel, said means comprising a sleeve longitudinally slidable on and held non-rotatable relative to said outlet pipe, and the bung casing having end notches enga-geable by members of said sleeve, said last named members of the sleeves comprising inwardly projecting lugs rigid with said sleeves at the inner-ends thereof.

5. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered, an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, means carried by said outlet pipe engageable with and releasable from said bung casing whereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel, and means to prevent separation of the outlet pipe from the valve member of the bung when said outlet pipe is positioned to engage and to rotate the revoluble valve member of the bung.

6. A combination with a barrel bung having an externally threaded cup-shaped casing and a revoluble valve member of cup shape fitted therein, the valve member and the casing having adjacent end Walls provided with outlet openings adapted to be registered an outlet pipe having its inner end formed to detachably engage said valve member and having a valve upon its outer end, means carried by said outletpipe engageable with and releasable from said bung casingwhereby rotation of the outlet pipe may be transmitted to said bung casing for threading the latter into a barrel opening, said outlet pipe having openings adapted to register with the openings of the bung casing and barrel, the detachable connection between the outlet pipe and the bung valve including longitudinal slots provided internally of said valve and circumferential slots extending from the inner ends of said longitudinal slots, and opposed ].ateral projections upon the inner end of said outlet pipe adapted to be received in said grooves.

V In testimony whereof We afiix our signa tures.

LOUIS BEDNAR. JOHN J ASUS. 

